Eidsborg

Eidsborg is a village in Tokke Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north of the village of Dalen and the lake Bandak. The village lies in a bowl-shaped valley, surrounded by forests.^[2]

Eidsborg
Village
View of the Eidsborg Stave Church in the village
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Coordinates: 59.46233°N 8.02518°E / 59.46233; 8.02518
Country	Norway
Region	Eastern Norway
County	Telemark
District	Vest-Telemark
Municipality	Tokke Municipality
Elevation [1]	515 m (1,690 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	3891 Høydalsmo

The 13th-century Eidsborg Stave Church is located in the village. The village is also the site of the Vest-Telemark Museum. Vindlausloftet was built around 1167 and it was originally located on the Vindlaus farm. It is now located the museum and it is the oldest secular wooden building in Norway.^[2][3]

For hundreds of years, there was a quarry at Eidsborg. Stones were turned into whetstones and then they were transported to Skien on the ice during the winter and then loaded on ships to send to other markets.^[2]

Anne Lillegaard's version of the visionary poem Draumkvedet was written down by folklorist Jørgen Moe during a visit to Eidsborg in 1847. Lillegaard also contributed a large number of traditional songs.^[4]

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  Vindlausloftet – oldest secular building in Norway
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  Whetstones from Eidsborg
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  Building at the Vest-Telemark Museum